Turpentine-cup.



W. J. LENGLE.

TURPENTINE GUP- APPLIUATION-TILED we. 1, 1910.

Patented Feb.20, 1912.

I X-QVVI'ENTORI Attorney! PH co.. wAsiuNa-ro WILLIAM J. LENGLE, 015 NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

TURPENTINE-CUP.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Application filed August 1, 1910. Serial No. 574,924.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lViLLrAM J. TAENGLE, a citizen of the United States. residing at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Turpentine-Cups, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a wire mesh cup designed to receive and sustain the water and gum proof paper cup, thus reducing the cost of maintaining cups for the gathering of crude gum turpentine.

As compared with the clay and sheet metal cups in use, such a design as is con templated by my invention is very much less expensive.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a detail view of a tree with my improved cup in position; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the wire mesh cup; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the wire cup; Fig. f is a perspective view of the paper cup; Fig. 5 is a plan view of the blank from which the paper cup is made, and Fig. 6 is a top plan view of the paper cup, one end of which is folded in po' sition, while the other end is in partly unfolded position.

In the drawing, 1 represents a turpentine cup holder constructed of wire mesh material. This holder is made from one piece of wire mesh shaped by dies, drawing, or folding to conform to the desired shape to fit the cup it is designed to hold and sustain. The cup may be oblong or round or any other desired shape with one wall thereof concaved to conform to the perimeter of the tree. This wire mesh cup is provided with rebent upper edges to form a reinforcing strip 2 as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The paper turpentine cup 3 is formed from one piece of suitable water and gum proof paper which is folded on the lines 4, 4, for the side members of the cup and 5, 5, for the end members of the cup, the folds 6, 7 and 8 forming flaps which are bent on the outside of the ends of the cup, thereby securely holding the side members and the ends of the cup firmly into position. This construction produces a paper cup without seams from one piece of paper. The paper cup is designed to fit snugly within the wire mesh cup; the wire mesh cup sustaining and supporting the paper cup against distortion. As is usual, a suitable apron 9 is secured to the tree and the wire mesh cup is supported under said apron by means of the usual peg or nail 10, the said cup being held up against the under face of the apron. The paper cup is then placed in the wire mesh cup to receive the crude gum turpentine as it flows from the tree.

The water proof paper cup is placed in the wire mesh cup or receptacle at the beginning of the season. The paper cup usually fills in about three weeks time and as soon as filled, it, with its wire mesh holder or cup, is taken off the tree and the crude gum turpentine with the paper cup is thrown into the dip barrel, while the wire cup or holder is replacedagainst the tree and a fresh paper cup inserted ready for the next dipping and this paper cup in turn when filled is tossed with. the gum in it into the dip barrel, while the wire frame is again placed in position on the tree and a new paper cup inserted in it. The dip barrel referred to is the usual receptacle set among the trees for the purpose of having emptied into it the contents of cups in the immediate vicinity. The paper cups are removed from the crude gum turpentine in the course of refining or distilling.

Clay cups such as are universally used are a source of considerable loss by reason of the fact that they are readily broken by ice forming in them, which not only results in the loss of the cup, but in the loss of the crude gum turpentine. These objections are entirely overcome by the use of my invention which will result in a very material saving in this line of business. I believe that I am the first to use the basket-like holder with a Water and gum proof paper removable lining, which lining constitutes a cup. This combination results in simplicity, ease of handling, maximum capacity and minimum cost in the art of gathering crude gum turpentine.

The basket or cup 1 may be made of bamboo, willow, or any other material of which baskets are usually made.

I claim 1. In a device for gathering turpentine, the combination with a flexible liquid proof turpentine cup, of a rigid support adapted to be secured to a tree and sustain the sides, ends and bottom of said cup throughout their entire area against bulging under the pressure and weight of the turpentine therein.

2. In a device for gathering turpentine,

the combination with a flexible liquid proof against bulging under the pressure and 10 turpentine cup comprising a single piece of weight of the turpentine therein.

paper, the sides of which are bent upward, The foregoing specification signed at New the fullness at the ends being disposed in Orleans, this seventeenth day of July, 1910. overlapping folds with upwardly extended 7 s edges, whereby leakage is prevented, of a WILLIAM LENGLE' stiff holder adapted to be secured to a tree In presence of two Witnessesand constructed to receive said flexible cup FRoNIE BALLINTINE,

and sustain its ends, sides and bottom LINA LE BAs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C. 

